Karnataka High Court dismisses Amazon, Flipkart plea against CCI antitrust probe

BENGALURU : The Karnataka high court on Friday dismissed Amazon and Flipkart’s writ petitions challenging the probe ordered by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) against their business practices.

“It is expected that an order directing investigation be supported by ‘some reasoning’, which the commission has fulfilled. Therefore, it would be unwise to prejudge the issues raised by the petitioners in these writ petitions at this stage and scuttle the investigation,” ruled Justice P.S. Dinesh Kumar who heard the writ petitions moved by both Amazon and Flipkart.

“Therefore, the impugned order does not call for any interference […] Resultantly, these writ petitions must fail. Accordingly, the rule is discharged and writ petitions stand dismissed,” said the court order passed on 11 June.